Code: | MV428 | Acronym: | MIEPE II |
Keywords | |
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Classification | Keyword |
OFICIAL | Clinical Sciences |
Active? | Yes |
Responsible unit: | Veterinary Clinics |
Course/CS Responsible: | Integrated Masters Degree in Veterinary Medicine |
Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
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MIMV | 63 | Official Study Plan | 4 | - | 5 | 70 | 135 |
Objectives:
- To provide students information about etiology, pathogenesis, clinical signs, diagnosis, therapy and prevention of farm animals diseases
- To inform students about the impact of these diseases in the farm economy and how appropriate measures can reduce or eliminate that impact
Skills:
- To identify the main diseases that affect farm animals
- To detect farm management errors that can originate disease and economical losses
- Guidelines to effectively elucidate the farmer about these diseases and their consequences
Attitude:
- Understand the role of a Veterinary Doctor in the food animal business
- Use of team work to solve problems and to protect animal welfare.
Dairy cow comfort
Post-partum uterine infections
Mastitis in dairy herds
Sub-acute ruminal acidosis in cattle
Diseases of the digestive tract in ruminants
Mycotoxicosis in ruminants
Lameness in cattle
Metabolic diseases in ruminants
Respiratory diseases in ruminants
Urinary diseases in ruminants
Cardiovascular diseases in ruminants
Skin, Nervous system and Eye: the most frequent disorders in ruminants
Colostrum management in dairy farms
Transition cows management
Theoretical lectures:
Used mainly to support the independent study of students. Main subjects of course will be presented and discussed with the help of Power Point presentations and videos.
Practical lectures:
These classes will consist in the simulation of clinical cases in farms. The objective is to provide students with the ability to perform a diagnosis, to choose an adequate therapy and to suggest control measures.
Quizzes about the subjects given and videos shown will also be carried out using Kahoot.
Designation | Weight (%) |
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Exame | 100,00 |
Total: | 100,00 |
Designation | Time (hours) |
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Estudo autónomo | 35,00 |
Frequência das aulas | 70,00 |
Trabalho de investigação | 30,00 |
Total: | 135,00 |
Students must attend, at least, 9 of the presented practical classes.
PARTIAL EXAM:
All students can attend a theoretical partial exam (written) in the week of Mid-term evaluations (intercalary evaluations). This partial exam will be worth 8 points. In the final theoretical exam, and if a minimum score of 3.8 is obtained in the partial exam, the student will be granted the choice to perform a partial exam comprising only the remaining theoretical contents. In this case, the contents to be evaluated in the final exam will be worth 12 points, with 5.7 as the minimum approval grade. These conditions apply to both First and Second exam seasons.
FINAL THEORETICAL EXAM:
All students, who attended at least 9 of the presented practical classes, can perform the final theoretical exam, which will be worth 20 points, 100% of the final grade, and divided in two parts: first part quoted for 8 points with 3.8 as the minimum grade, and the second part quoted for 12 points with 5.7 as the minimum grade. However, if students attended to the partial test in the week of Mid-term evaluations, they will only be able to attend to the second part of the exam in the First Season. This impossibility also applies to students who chose to drop out after attending to the partial exam in the week of Mid-term evaluations. Thus, the same number of opportunities (2) to do the two partial exams will be ensured.
Regardless of the exam season (Mid-term, First or Second), the student will only obtain approval for each of the parts with the respective minimum grades, 3.8 in the first and 5.7 in the second. Therefore, matching or exceeding the minimum grades for both parts is mandatory in order to obtain approval in the Curricular Unit.
Students with special needs should contact the Teacher in order to solve these types of situations
In the Second Season of exams, and after enrollment in the Student Services, the improvement of the classification can be carried out in both parts of the exam or only in one.